Having used a flip phone for the past 6 years, I'm ready to buy my first smartphone. I'm deadset on getting the Galaxy S4 when it releases and going with an unlimited plan to compliment it, but I'm stuck in a rut on what carrier to go with. Maybe you guys can help me out?
AT&T/Verizon are totally off the table for options since they have only strict contract plans and terrible prepaid plans.
Voyager Mobile: They're an MVNO of Sprint. They allow BYOD and have an unlimited plan for $40/month+tax and they have LTE where I live. Sadly, it's still a CDMA network, which means less flexibility compared to GSM, especially if I don't like their service and want to switch. Also, they don't allow roaming.
T-Mobile: They have great prepaid/no contract plans for $70/month and they're a GSM service, however, I checked the coverage map and they have 2G/3G where I live. I contacted a sales associate and he said there were LTE towers in my area so I should get close to LTE speed.
So ultimately I guess it comes down either paying $20 more per month for possible slower speed, but using a GSM network that has roaming. Or, I pay $20 less per month with possible faster speeds and better coverage, but I'm stuck with less flexible CDMA and no roaming.
Any thoughts as to what I should go with? I'll only add that I'm getting the Snapdragon600 version of the Galaxy S4 which supports LTE, hence, LTE service is pretty important to me.
AT&T/Verizon are totally off the table for options since they have only strict contract plans and terrible prepaid plans.
Voyager Mobile: They're an MVNO of Sprint. They allow BYOD and have an unlimited plan for $40/month+tax and they have LTE where I live. Sadly, it's still a CDMA network, which means less flexibility compared to GSM, especially if I don't like their service and want to switch. Also, they don't allow roaming.
T-Mobile: They have great prepaid/no contract plans for $70/month and they're a GSM service, however, I checked the coverage map and they have 2G/3G where I live. I contacted a sales associate and he said there were LTE towers in my area so I should get close to LTE speed.
So ultimately I guess it comes down either paying $20 more per month for possible slower speed, but using a GSM network that has roaming. Or, I pay $20 less per month with possible faster speeds and better coverage, but I'm stuck with less flexible CDMA and no roaming.
Any thoughts as to what I should go with? I'll only add that I'm getting the Snapdragon600 version of the Galaxy S4 which supports LTE, hence, LTE service is pretty important to me.
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